Jude Benning

Height: 5’4”/1.62m

Eye Colour: Brown

Hair Colour: Dark brown, mid-length. Curly/ straight

Ethnicity: White/ Mediterranean

Equity Number: 00468279

Agent: Graduating summer 2021. Seeking representation.

Spotlight pin: 2611-3495-9174

Location: London

Headshots by YellowBellyPhoto

Training

2yr Acting, Rose Bruford College, 2018 – 2021
Shakespeare short course, LAMDA, July & Aug 2019

Workshops

2024, Gecko physical theatre residency, one week, Ipswich
2024, Directing in the round, Dave Wybrow, Cockpit Theatre
2024, Commercial touring workshop, Stage One, Leicester Curve
2023, Producing Off West End workshop, Stage One, Riverside Studios

Credits as Actor

2023, Lady Macbeth - Macbeth - Kingswood Arts - dir Jan Rae
2022, Elizabeth Hapgood - Hapgood - South London Theatre - dir Lisa Thomas
2021, Lizard Brain. Monkey Brain / Bumble (excerpt) - Etcetera Theatre - dir Emma Bond
2021, Act Like Adults - Ruth - short - dir Olivia Lahaye
2019, Lady Macbeth - Macbeth - LAMDA - dir Ursula Mohan 
2019, Angellica Bianca - The Rover - Edward Alleyn Theatre - dir Philippa Watts
2019, Hermia - A Midsummer Night’s Dream - Bell House Gardens - dir Jan Rae
2018, Ensemble performer - Grimm’s Tales - Bell House Gardens - dir Jan Rae
2018, Nell Gwynn - Complete Female Stage Beauty - Edward Alleyn Theatre - dir Micheal Marsden
2008, Ensemble writer/ performer - Tasteless Timeless Comedy (sketch show) - Komedia Brighton & Touring
2002 - 2005, Improv ensemble - Blind Mirth - Edinburgh Fringe & Touring 
2003 Thomasina - Arcadia - Crawford Arts Centre - dir Michelle Duncan

Credits as Writer/ Director

2024 - Spider - Riverside Studios
2023 - Spider - South London Theatre
2002 - Nine Lives - Crawford Arts Centre, St Andrews

Experience at College
2019, Cleopatra - Antony & Cleopatra - dir Tony James
2019, Portia - Julius Caesar - dir Tony James
2019, Liz Morden/ Campbell - Our Country’s Good - dir Andrea Lewis 
2019, Miss Ronberry - The Corn Is Green - dir Jade Allen

         

Skills

Native accent – RP. Other accents: Cockney, Yorkshire, Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Ireland (West), American (Mid-Western); New York, American (California)

Sport – Horse riding (advanced, showjumping, crosscountry), skiing (advanced), swimming, sailing, cycling

Stage craft – Historical dance (LAMDA), basic stage combat & swordsmanship (LAMDA)

Music – Piano (grade 5), drummer, guitar and vocals. Singing voice: alto/ mezzo soprano

Experience as a corporate presenter. 

Full and clean UK driving licence.